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Guest Editorial: A Critical Review of the National Academies’ 2021 Call to Action
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The Engaging Value of Engineering Activities: Actionable Insights From Research
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The Benefits of Integrating Engineering Into Science
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? Find out with this book on astronomy, the latest in NSTA’s popular…
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Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes
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New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. Have you been wondering how well your students understand engineering and technology concepts? Have you been wishing for formative…
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Formative Assessment of STEM Activities in Afterschool and Summer Programs
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The positive impacts of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) afterschool and summer programs have been well documented and summarized in a number of review papers and books (e.g., Allen, Noam, and Little…
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The fundamental ideas in John Dewey’s 1913 essay, Interest and Effort in Education, are as true today as they were when he published it more than a century ago. His key point was that interest can motivate students to…
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The Final Push to Be Ready for the April 8 Solar Eclipse: Ways to Be a Resource to Your Community
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Get Ready for the 2023-24 Solar Eclipse 'Double-Header'
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about why the constellations change with the seasons. The probe is designed to find out how students use the Earth’s spin and orbit to explain why…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Sun and stars. The probe is designed to uncover students’ ideas about the nature of stars and their recognition that the Sun is an average star…
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What’s Inside Our Solar System?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the solar system. The probe is designed to find out if students can distinguish between objects in the solar system and objects outside of the…
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How Do We Know What Stars Are Made Of?
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